MASA Seeks Exhibitors, Artists, Organizations and Training Programs for SMART Walk (South Main Art, Retail & Technology) event, Sat., August 19, 2023 from 11am-5pm at the OC Musicians Union, 2050 S Main in Santa Ana. Setup will begin at 9am on Sat., June 25.

Are you an arts and technology-based artist, organization, business or training program that would like to showcase your work and programs to the diverse Santa Ana community? Please fill out the registration form today or email victor@masamedia.org today! There is no cost to participate in the SMART Walk.

Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA) is proud to present the SMART Walk (South Main Art, Retail & Technology), a free community event showcasing technology-based art, businesses, career opportunities and training programs to Santa Ana youth and adults. The event is FREE and open to the public!

SMART Walk will take place on Saturday, August 19 from 11am-5pm at the OC Musicians Union, and will include booths, demonstrations, educational opportunities, entertainment, food trucks and an art and technology-based resource booths. The event will also include in-person and virtual workshops and Augmented Reality (AR) murals by local artists.

As technology fueled creativity and innovation on South Main over the last 100 years with advances in automobile customization, aerospace and music, Media Arts Santa Ana’s SMART Walk will set the course for South Main’s renaissance via harnessing new technologies to fuel economic prosperity over the next 100 years.

SMART Walk will place at the OC Musicians Union space, located at 2050 S. Main, Santa Ana, CA 92707. The Musicians Union includes its own parking lot, and we encourage walking, bicycling and public transportation as ways for the Santa Ana community to attend the event.

Tables, chairs and electricity will be provided for the participants inside the OC Musicians Union, and participants exhibiting outside are requested to bring their own canopies, tables and signage.

SMART Walk is presented with support from the California Arts Council and the OC Musicians Union Local 7.

The SMART Walk will highlight South Main’s notable creative legacy, which includes being the childhood home of actor Marlon Brando, the birthplace of the Righteous Brothers musical duo, the site of the influential Jon’s Black Derby jazz, soul and blues venue, and the location of the legendary Rickenbacker musical instrument company, whose guitars and basses shaped the sound of groups such as The Beatles, The Bangles, The Who, The Byrds, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Jam, Rush, Yes and even Motörhead.

Are you an artist, organization or training program that would like to be a part of the SMART Walk? Email Victor Payan at victor@masamedia.org today!